double time

a marching cadence of 180 three-foot steps a minute: normal cadence is 120 steps a minute

Music

duple time

twice as fast as the preceding tempo

double time

noun

A marching pace of 180 three-foot steps per minute.

A rate of pay, as for overtime work, that is twice the regular rate.

Related Forms:

dou′ble-time

verb

double-time

Noun

(uncountable)

(military) A fast marching pace of 180 steps per minute, 36 inches in length for the Marine Corps and Navy, 30 inches in length for the Army. It is not really double the speed of quick time as quick time is 112-120 steps per minute

(music) A musical rhythmtwice as fast as the overall beat, with this pattern of note lengths: 3/16 3/16 1/4 3/16 3/16